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late Helen Simon; the dear sis-
ter-in-law of the late J. Stewart 
and the late Hanna Linden, and 
the late Judge Joseph and the 
late Helen Linden. 
Interment was at Adat 
Shalom Memorial Park. 
Contributions may be made 
to Temple Israel, Bernard and 
Bernice Linden Fine Arts 
Fund, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, 
West Bloomfield, MI 48323, 
temple-israel.org/tributes; 
or a charity of one’s choice. 
Arrangements by Ira Kaufman 
Chapel.

HELEN BRODLEY 
RAGINS, 91, of 
Novi, died March 
1, 2021. 
She is survived 
by her husband, 
Abner Ragins; daughter and 
son-in-law, Karen and Bruce 
Kaczander; sons and daugh-
ters-in-law, Gary Brodley 
and Ruth Zimmerman, and 
Ronnie Brodley and Sherri 
Walts; grandchildren, Aaron 
Kaczander and Maggie Lyons, 
Lauren Kaczander and Zach 
Ribitwer, Scott Brodley, 
Matthew Brodley and Samantha 
Brodley. She is also survived by 
Abner’s children, Naomi and 
Jerry Senser, Michael and Linda 
Ragins, Danny Ragins, and his 
many grandchildren; her com-
panion, Elaine Shafer. 
Mrs. Ragins was the beloved 
wife of the late Sheldon Brodley; 
the loving sister of the late 
Leonard Kaplan; the devoted 
daughter of the late Samuel and 
the late Bessie Kaplan.
Interment was at Beth El 
Memorial Park. Contributions 
may be made to a charity of 
one’s choice. Arrangements by 
Ira Kaufman Chapel.

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